From: IVF laboratory COVID-19 pandemic response plan: a roadmap
Recommendation | Basis of evidence |
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Educate staff on disease transmission and mitigation methods | Recommendation based on consensus guidelines (CDC) [22] |
Perform hand hygiene compliance observation audits | Recommendation based on a systematic review [23] |
Consider additional vaccination for preventing respiratory illness | Recommendation based on the WHO position paper [24] |
Perform fit testing for N95 masks | Recommendation based on expert opinion |
Stock essential PPE supply | Recommendation based on expert opinion |
Prepare staff emergency contact lists | Recommendation based on a committee opinion paper (SART, ASRM) and guidelines (ESHRE for good practice) [25, 26] |
Update and maintain records on a remote server | Recommendation based a committee opinion paper (SART, ASRM) [25] |
Dedicate a spare storage cryotank and sufficient liquid nitrogen supply | Recommendation based on accreditation standards (College of American Pathologists) [27] |
Clean regularly the cryotanks | Recommendation based on risk assessment research [16] |
Store spare gas cylinders | Recommendation based on usual practice |